Trade Statistics for November 2016

Pretoria, 29 December 2016 – The South African Revenue Service (SARS) today releases trade statistics for November 2016 recording a trade balance deficit of R1.09 billion. The year-to-date deficit (01 January to 30 November 2016) of R14.61 billion is an improvement on the deficit for the comparable period in 2015 of R59.28 billion. These statistics include trade data with Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland (BLNS).